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Read storyGRAND BAHAMA: A new $60 million drydock opened in Grand Bahama last Saturday, expanding a service that already serves 70 percent of the cruise ships in the region.
The drydock is one of the largest in the world at 310 meters by 54 meters wide.
It is the third drydock at the Grand Bahama Shipyard.
At the opening, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham welcomed the investment but also expressed a note of caution:
"We here in the Bahamas are fully cognizant of another reality and that is this shipyard is mobile. It can be picked up and taken away any day."
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Read storyThe College of The Bahamas is working on what could become the most functional and up-to-date Creole textbook.
Lecturer Frenand Leger has been given a $3,500 research grant to develop a textbook focused on modern teaching methods.
Leger envisions a text with photos of Haitian people and culture accompanied by audio lessons, a workbook and a website.
The move is part of the College's aim to encourage research and increase its international presence. Last year CoB awarded thousands of research dollars to faculty to pursue various projects.
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Read storyFirefighters discovered what they believe is the body of a four-year-old girl in a home that burned down Saturday night.
Neighbors who tried to stop the fire say the building was engulfed in flames when they got there.
They told The Tribune that the child was in her stepfather's care and was alone in the house at the time.
The death is the first fire-related death of 2009.
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Read storyBahamians have $23 million tied into long term investments in CLICO Bahamas, including $800,000 in ZNS pension funds and $3 million in annuity payments from Bahamasair.
There are nearly 400 similar accounts in CLICO's records; some deposits range from $100, others are several million.
At least four people have accounts of more than $1 million.
Prime Minister Ingraham said last week it was too early to tell if policy holders would lose money as a result of the company's liquidation.
He also said that annuity holders "are not likely to be as favorably rewarded at the end of the day as some other policyholders."
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Read storyJunkanoo is heading to Georgia this week, as Barabbas and the Tribe prepare for their annual visit.
Quenton "Barabbas" Woodside originally took the group as a birthday present to his friend, Jack Flanigan who lives in Tybee Island.
The group was a hit, performing at Flanigan's restaurant and in the town's St. Patrick's Day Parade.
That was in 2004 and Woodside has been back every year since, despite increasing difficulty finding funding to make the trip.
This year he is appealing to the public for support for what has become an unofficial Junkanoo ambassadorship.
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Read storyAn attack on his Sunburst Paint store was simply a way to get business owner Leslie Miller out of his house in order to rob him according to reports.
Miller, a former MP, said he rushed to his store at about 11pm Friday after he found out that several of his store windows were broken by a man with a hammer.
On the way to the store he remembered finding the door of his home tampered with earlier that day and so he phoned police.
Miller returned home to learn that someone had indeed broken into his home and taken cash from his nightstand.
He thinks the attackers were scared by the police, Miller said, thanking them for responding quickly.
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Read storyGRAND BAHAMA: Explosives brought down some of Freeport's best-known landmarks Saturday when three concrete stacks built by the BORCO plant were demolished.
The stacks, which were several hundred feet high, were demolished to make way for the construction of tanks that will store 22 million barrels of oil.
The tanks are part of a $250 - $300 million dollar project by Vopak Terminal Bahamas.
T J Huizer, managing director of Vopak, said the company already has a large impact on global oil flow, pointing out that three quarters of the oil used in Puerto Rico is stored at their terminal in Freeport.
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Read storyBahamian students took part in the Knights of Columbus Annual Spelling Bee Competition in Kissimmee, Florida (photos) over the weekend.
Sponsored by local chapters of the KoC, Yelena Persaud from St Francis de Sales School in Abaco placed first in her division.
Persaud had finished behind Maya Francis from Xaviers Lower School in the 42nd Annual Catholic Archdiocese Spelling Bee Competition in Nassau. Francis also took part in the weekend bee but failed to place in her division.
District grand knight Gregory Christie said: "Our knights throughout the Bahamas are pleased to have assisted these students in their opportunity to compete in this one-day event among their peers from around the state of Florida.
“We’ve had previous winners and runners-up at this event and we’re extremely proud that our first ever entrant from Abaco was able to return this year as champion speller in her division.
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Read storyBird watchers from 20 countries in the Caribbean took part in a recent workshop on bird studies.
The workshop, held by the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), included information on monitoring techniques, effective conservation, and managing local and visiting bird species.
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Read storyAfter reading about crew members of an American sailboat trespassing, chasing endangered birds and eventually killing and roasting their pet duck, a local family feels that police are not taking them seriously.
Peter Graham and his family read about the Americans' visit to the island on their blog, which included photos of the family's pet duck plucked and about to be cooked.
Graham's daughter, Amanda said the police have shown a lack of interest, even hanging up on the family when they call for updates.
"We filed a complaint and they haven’t done anything," Amanda said.
"The general perception is that we should just get over it but they are not seeing the bigger picture here, and perhaps that is the mentality of the police themselves."
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